Isolation from the mainstream has extracted a price in
the general well-being of immigrants, particularly for Pakistan-origin Brits.
Muslim school students — of which a full 40 per cent are Pakistanis — have been
documented as underachievers. Muhammad Anwar, a social scientist and author of
British Muslims and State Policies argues that Pakistani-Brits generally have
education achievement levels lying at the low end of all ethnic minorities in Britain.

Europe’s perplexed Pakistanis

Islam and Sectarianism

Isolation from the mainstream has extracted a price in
the general well-being of immigrants, particularly for Pakistan-origin Brits.
Muslim school students — of which a full 40 per cent are Pakistanis — have been
documented as underachievers. Muhammad Anwar, a social scientist and author of
British Muslims and State Policies argues that Pakistani-Brits generally have
education achievement levels lying at the low end of all ethnic minorities in Britain.